My son’s incessant questions are annoying, but I won’t __________ his curiosity. [=constrain / suppress]

Homeownership rates among young Americans continue to __________. [=drop/ fall/ decrease]

Employees like her are an asset to our company, so we try to __________ them. [=keep]

He __________ his accident to alcohol-induced performance impairment. [=blamed…on]

She never told her children that she had __________ from a boarding school when she was young. [=run away]

My parents’ warnings didn’t __________ me from marrying the girl of my dreams. (=discourage/ scare/ stop]

The __________ noises from the kitchen kept the baby awake. [=rattling/banging sounds]

Imprisonment will be the punishment for those who won’t __________ by the new law. [=obey/ follow ]

Don’t you understand that you’ll gain weight when you __________ on sweets and fast food? [=eat too much]